Shock Absorbing Wagon Tongues For Pickups

Shock Absorbing Wagon Tongues For Pickups PICKUPS Accessories 20-6-7 "I started building them three years ago to save wear and tear on the pickups we use to pull our wagons," says David Wilson about the shock absorbing tongues he's made to fit his DMI 320-bu. gravity boxes. The Franklin, Ill., farmer used shock absorbers off an old pickup bumper he had on hand. He cut the tongue in two and welded a shock absorber directly behind the extension. He added two 4-in. channel iron braces on each side and strap iron across the top. That keeps the tongues from bending in turns. The modification added only about 3 in. to overall tongue length, Wilson says. Out-of-pocket expense was about $100 apiece, he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, David Wilson, R.R. 1, Box 13, Franklin, Ill. 62638 (ph 217 675-2717).

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